Workshop Agenda
Agenda for Dart Center two-day workshop "Covering Immigrants & Refugees."
Agenda is Subject to Change
December 6 – 7, 2013
WHYY Studios
150 N. Sixth Street
Philadelphia, PA
Made possible with a generous grant from Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health
Friday, December 6, 2013
Location: WHYY Lincoln Financial Studio
8:00 - 8:30AM Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45AM Welcome and Overview
Joe Pyle, President, Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health
Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
8:45 - 9:15 AM PARTICIPANTS ROUNDTABLE
Brief introductions and mentions of areas of interest and goals for the workshop
9:15 - 10:00am Morning Keynote: Immigrants, Refugees and Mental Health
Andres J. Pumariega, MD, Chairman and Chief, Department of Psychiatry, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
10:00 - 10:10pm Break
10:10 - 10:50am Trauma, Resiliency and Psychosocial Support
Denise Ziya Berte, Ph.D, Psychologist and Founding Director, Liberty Center for Survivors of Torture
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
10:50 - 11:00am BreaK
11:00 - 12:00 PM THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE: POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION REFORM
Kica Matos, Director of Immigrant Rights and Racial Justice, Center for Community Change, Washington DC
Edward Schumacher–Matos, Ombudsman, NPR; James Madison Visiting Professor, Columbia Journalism School
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
12:00 - 12:10pm Break
12:10 - 12:50pm Immigrant and Refugee Law & Policy: An Overview
Fernando Chang-Muy, JD, Thomas O’Boyle Lecturer in Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
12:50 - 1:30pm LuncH
1:30 - 2:30PM Keynote Conversation with Jose Antonio Vargas, Journalist, Filmmaker and Founder of Define American
Jose Antonio Vargas, Journalist, Filmmaker and Founder of Define American
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
2:20 - 2:30pm Break
2:30 - 3:10pm Special Focus: Immigrant Children and Families
Joanna Dreby Ph.D, Assistant Professor, University of Albany
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
3:10 - 3:20pm Break
3:20 - 4:00pm Local History and Demographics: The Philadelphia Migration Project
Domenic Vitiello, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of City Planning and Urban Studies, University of Pennsylvania
4:00 - 4:15pm Break
4:15 - 5:15pm Speed Networking: Developing Sources, Developing Stories
Representatives from health, education, advocacy and direct service organizations working with immigrants and refugees in and around Philadelphia will participate in a structured networking session to discuss their work and what reporters need to know about covering immigrant and refugee communities.
Facilitator: Kate Black, Associate Director, Dart Center
5:15 - 6:00pm Community Reception (WHYY Dorrance Atrium)
Saturday, December 7, 2013
8:30 - 9:15am Breakfast
9:15 - 10:15am Advocacy and Action: The Local Landscape
Erika Almiron, Executive Director, Juntos
Peter Gonzales, President & CEO, Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians
Mia Lia Kiernan, Co-Founder and Organizer, One Love Movement
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
10:15 - 10:30am Break
10:30 - 11:20PM KEYNOTE Conversation: A LIFE UNDOCUMENTED
Jose Arreola, Organizing Director, Educators for Fair Consideration, Oakland, CA
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center
11:20 - 11:30am Break
11:30 - 12:45pm Reporting the Immigration Beat
Cindy Carcamo, Reporter, The Los Angeles Times
Michael Matza, Reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Maria Sacchetti, Immigration Reporter, The Boston Globe
12:45 - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30 - 2:30pm The Community Experience: Reporting from the inside out
Alia Malek, Author, A Country Called Amreeka, New York, NY
Gary Pierre-Pierre, Executive Director, Center for Community and Ethnic Media, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center